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Figure 33 shows hospital admissions for a mental health condition. Again the data clearlydemonstrate that those wards with the greatest level of socio-economic disadvantage have thehighest rates of mental poor health, while the more affluent wards all have rates noticeablylower than the Carlisle average.Figure 33: Hospital admissions – Mental HealthCrude rate/100,000 for admissions to hospital due to mental health, Carlisle 2003-20081000.00900.00800.00700.00Rate/100,000600.00500.00400.00300.00Carlisle200.00100.000.00CastleBotcherbySt AidansMortonDenton HolmeUpperbyHarrabyCurrockBelle VueDalstonBramptonLongtown And RockcliffeGreat Corby And GeltsdaleYewdaleStanwix UrbanBelahWetheralLyneHaytonBurghIrthingStanwix RuralWard23. Long Term Limiting Illness.Figure 34 represents the percentage of people reporting that they have a long term limitingillness (LTLI) by ward.The data show that Morton is ranked the highest of the 22 Carlisle wards for people living withLTLI, this represents 25.7% of the ward population. However, these data are not standardisedfor age and it should be noted that 29% of people living in Morton ward are over the age of 65.Overall, 19.7% of the Carlisle population are living with a long term limiting illness. Thiscompares to the average for England which is 17.9%. Carlisle has a similar proportion ofresidents over the age of 65 to the rest of England. However the data indicate that Carlisle hasa prevalence of long term limiting illness almost 2% higher than the national average.Fiona Huntington 36 of 47